What's The Point Of A Blueprint If Life Throws Curveballs?
Have you decided what you want to be when you grow up? You’re supposed to answer this when you’re barely five. You answer that you would like to be a teacher, doctor, astronaut, or own a chocolate factory.
The adult asking this question smiles and thinks you’re so cute for coming up with such innocent aspirations.
The older you get, the more serious your answers are expected to be. Owning a chocolate factory is no longer a feasible aspiration. You didn’t find a golden ticket or hit the lottery. You are supposed to pick the right kind of education that will lead you towards a career that will make you a lot of money.
But you’re not good at any of the sciences and can no longer see your dream of becoming a doctor come to life. And an astronaut? Are you kidding me? Heights give you vertigo.
Teaching isn’t a bad profession, but you don’t think you have the patience to handle a classroom full of students like you.
So, chances are your parents will decide to take the reins and decide what your career should be and which college you should attend.
But that’s okay, they are the adults and know what they are doing.
Time passes, you finally graduate, and realize you quickly have to follow the blueprints that are handed to you once you’re known as an adult.
Graduate. Get a job. Get married. Have kids. Buy a home. Buy a car. Have enough savings to easily retire after you turn 60.
But that’s when Life throws its curveballs.
You barely manage to graduate because you never had the affinity for the field in education that your parents chose for you. Jobs…in this economy? You managed an internship, and that ended poorly. You try to date, but no one is clicking, and you’re constantly stressed out because you have no job and less money.
But then you end up getting a low-paying job, and that one date you went on seemed nice. Things are finally getting back on track as per your plans. This is it! You’re an adult. You have it altogether now!
And that is when you get a call and find out that one of your parents has a chronic illness. You decide to be there for them, but your partner isn’t supportive of that, and you break up. Your job doesn’t offer working remotely as an option, and it lets you go instead of discussing other options.
You’re broke, unmarried, and unemployed, living with your parents, and being supportive.
There are ups and downs all through the next few years, and every time you hit a milestone: your 30s, 40s, 50s, you wonder where things went wrong and how is it that you still don’t have it together.
So…what’s the point of having a blueprint if life keeps throwing curveballs?
That’s the thing: Life is unpredictable and makes you oscillate and turn around completely until you’re as good as being lost in the woods, wondering if you should follow the sounds of water or run away from the sounds of rustling leaves.
The water could quench your thirst, but that is also where the predators gather, and you could be their next tasty meal.
The rustling leaves are either a wild animal or another hiker who could save you.
What will you choose?
When we were kids, we expected that adults had all the answers and had it together. They are organized, brave, and able to overcome any adversity with ease.
Then we turn into adults and realize that nothing is what it seems. Everything feels like it is pushing you down, and as soon as you start pushing yourself up, you are pelted by life’s relentless curve balls.
But a kid comes up to you and asks you a question, and you wipe away your tears, dust yourself up, and smile even when you don’t want to. And you give them all the answers they want to hear, giving them the reassurance that everything is going to be okay, and being an adult is the coolest thing in the world.
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